Recent Posts
Kids and Healthy Food
Return To Blog Listing
I"m a mom of three with a degree in Health Education. The busier I get, the harder it is to make healthy food my kids will love. So this blog is the journey of trying to practice what I preach, and how difficult, yet rewarding it can be.
Recent Posts Tagged With 'dinner'
More Veggies
One trick to getting my own kids to eat more vegetables, is to keep it simple. Once I stir fry, blend, or assemble too many vegetables into one dish, I get resistance. So, in our quest for “5 servings per day”, we made it! Breakfast:...
Lion House Rolls
Merry Christmas!! I love Christmas, I love the parties, the presents, and especially the food!! I love it when my family party assignment is salads or bread!! This was my contribution to our weekend family party-with the Roskelley’s Blackb...
Totally Teriyaki
I’ve tried so hard to get good pictures of chicken, but somehow, it never looks appetizing to me. Anyway, I got this great recipe from my very oldest (not by age) friend, Sarah Kent. She even has a facebook fan page, cause ...
Give me the Beet boys
….and free my soul, I want to get lost in your rock and roll, and drift away. Love that song. Have you used beets in anything before? It was our first time, which explains the resistance of my two younger children to try it. TJ s...
Sweet Potatoes
Something is stuck UNDER my crappy camera lens. I took the whole camera apart thinking I could somehow get access in between the lenses, but all I got was shocked! And the lens never came off. Anyone have ideas on how to fix this? Every pictu...
Baked Potato Bar
Hooray, It’s fixed! Go ahead all you Firefox browsers and feel free to browse. My amazing Sister (who is soon to start a techie blog to help other helpless tech challenged folks like me) figured out the problem and fixed it. I got a complete...
Multi-Bean Soup
When I tried to make this bean soup a few weeks ago, I mentioned it was lacking in the flavor department. That is when Meredith of Vegetarian Nation came to the rescue! She is a SHK reader and a dietitian. Upon sending me this recipe, I t...
Deep Dish Veggie Pizza
Remember when I bought my cast-iron pan a few months ago? I have been so happy with it! Well, this Pan Pizza was the perfect way to use it. I started with my Whole Wheat Pizza Dough recipe. After a short 20-30 minute rise time, I sp...
Menu Plan for week of September 28
Eating actual meals (rather than from the bag, or standing at the refrigerator) not only is better for you, but also keeps your house cleaner. My kids will stand at the pantry, take a handful of Cheerios, and walk away, leaving a trail of Cheerios on...
More Menu plans for healthier families!
Do you love to plan your menu’s? Traditionally on a quiet Sunday afternoon, I like to take cookbooks in my room and write our meals for the week. So, for now on I’m going to start posting my menu plans for you all! On Friday’s I’ll pos...
Dinner for $2.99
Since I generally buy canned beans, or beans in bulk, I hadn’t spent much time on the bean aisle. But on my last shopping trip, I noticed this gorgeous little bag of mixed beans for $2.99! An entire meal for three bucks. And it included a sea...
Veggie Burgers
Your kids need more beans! They are such a perfect food. After a conversation with some friends last night who declared “My kids would never eat beans!” I got to thinking…. Is it the kids, or is it the parents (You know who yo...
One husbands domestic side
I love the days when my husband makes dinner. He has been getting really creative lately. His meals are always super fast, because he doesn’t think about dinner till 5:00pm. His meals are always with ingredients we have (no last minute gr...
Tomato Soup
On Cathy’s blog I noticed her taking part in Meatless Mondays! What a great idea. My spouse is not on board with becoming vegetarian, but I want to reduce my family’s consumption of meat.. and save money in the process, Meatless Monday ...
Quinoa: Take 2
If at first you don’t like something, (or your family), try-try again! When we first tried quinoa (Keen-wa), we didn’t care for it. I thought I would never eat it again. However, Beth (my amazing SIL) told me the other day that her ...
Beans, beans WITH magical fruit.
This is similar to a fruit and chicken salad, except we left out the chicken this time. Instead we used: White beans (Navy beans) pineapple chunks mandarin oranges grapes celery rice For the dressing it was simply The juice from the can of ...
Eating dinner together, Healthy Habit #2
My second goal for the new school year is to eat dinner as a family! I have made this goal several times, but I always revert to bad habits of serving up the kids at the counter, and then eating on my own later. I am going to try harder this sc...
Glorious Greens: Eating the Rainbow
This week, we are doing our best to eat a variety of food by focusing on eating a rainbow! So, today is devoted to GREEN FOOD. Dark Green/Green fruits and veggies include: Kale, Spinach, leafy greens, broccoli, Honeydew, peas, kiwi. Green produ...
Juice Marinades and a giveaway!!
JUICE WEEK!! I love marinading our meat with juice! Not because I actually think you are getting a serving of fruit when you do this, but for several reasons: Juice marinades are CHEAPER than store bought prepared bottles of marinades. Juice does...
Does Tofu Scare You?
Does Tofu scare you? Did your mom try to cut up firm tofu and add it to your stirfry and try to tell you it was chicken, like mine did? Still Love you mom! It doesn’t have to be that way. We were sent some coupons to try some Silken Tofu fr...
Chives; Easier to grow than a weed
A few years ago, I decided to plant some chives. Year one, they exploded! And I think they are beautiful. But we got so much of it, we could shared with the entire city of Lehi. We hardly used any of it, and then it died. I pulled up the ...
Let’s Get Wild!
It’s shocking how many varieties of rice I have to choose from, yet I choose the same kind over and over. It used to be Calrose or California rice, then Sweet Brown Rice. But I’ve been eyeing the wild rice for some time, and decided t...
Raw Food Day! Jicama (Hick-u-mu)
The best thing about the raw food movement, is the simpleness of food prep! If you can use a knife or a blender, you can do raw food. I went to a raw foods class at my local health food store last week, and they made for us some Jicama fries. I th...
Silicone muffin cups, more than for muffins
I didn’t realize when buying these silicone muffin cups I would use them for so many different things. They make a perfect little portion for kids of many foods. Dinner idea: A few nights ago, I chopped up some potatoes and let the kids put t...
Minestrone
Need to get organized?? Hop over to my sisters blog . She’s giving away a FRANKLIN COVEY organizing system. Awesome! A $90 value. WEDNESDAY: Dinner If I post alot about beans, it is because I literally try to think everyday how I can add...
Lasagna packed with vegetables
Wednesday: Dinner Just realized I haven’t posted my lasagna recipe yet. I have to say, people love it! If I bring dinner to a neighbor, 9 out of 10 times, its lasagna because It turns out every time. I’ll ususally try to put any re...
Delightful Dinners
Wednesday: Dinner As a mom with young kids, dinner is the meal you can’t get out of. Breakfast can slide (toast/ cereal), lunch can be thrown together in a hurry with whatever you have on hand. But most kids (and husbands) expect something ...
Another Crock-Pot Success (and giveaway)
Wednesday: Beans, seeds, nuts, etc. Here is a lesson in being flexible. I made this delicious spanish beans and brown rice in the slow cooker for dinner. When we sat down to eat, no one wanted to even try it. But to be honest, I didn’...
Sesame Seed Bun
Tuesday: Whole Grains I can’t stop singing this: Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun!” Seems like just yesterday that 1980’s commercial was on. Last nights dinner AWESOME!!...
Whole Wheat Pasta
Tuesday: Whole Grains Your kids want to know why you haven’t made the switch to whole grain pasta. Did you try it once and decide you didn’t like it? Try again, try different brands. And then make it taste good! A delicious white ...
